On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 22:11 -0500, Kunal Shah wrote: > Dont know about small business and individual user. As I said, usally > we dont pay much attaintion if we dont have things get done for > individual user. However for big corporate, this is the stretegy from > microsoft. > > Regarding the response, i must say i was impress. That person was > knowing everything about how should a system / kernel behave in what > kind of situation. > > Anyways, point of discussion is not how MS support is better then > Linux support or visaversa. Point of discussion is what is the reason > Linux is not that much impressive in huge organization ( i know linux > is widely being used in boing and some of the big organization), but > that is the question i am always being asked - on the support. > > AFAIK Linux per se is not supported. However, there are many organizations that do provide paid support for Linux. RedHat is one, and if you use their RHEL or RHWS versions they will gladly provide paid support for the individual or organization. The question of support is often, How much support do you need? This can range from none to once-in-a-while to 24X7. The cost is based on the amount of support needed. As I understand it, for most organizations that use Linux, the overall cost of support is much less than the licensing costs + support needed for other proprietary OSes. Linux is getting big in the corporate world for several reasons, not the least of which is security. > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:03:32 -0500, Erik Hemdal <ehemdal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >>> Yes. > > >>> > > >>> I am not trying to be biased but i was quit impress with the tools and > > >>> SLA Microsoft has. And they solved our problem. > > >> > > I'm desperately trying to avoid a flame war, but I am very curious about > > a couple of things: > > > > 1. What kind of SLA will Microsoft offer to a small business or an > > individual user? > > 2. For the case above, where the poster spoke to a kernel developer, > > what kind of response was promised in the SLA and how much did it cost? > > > > For the record, I use Windows, because a specific toolchain I need isn't > > going to be ported to Linux. But where I can (which is nearly > > everywhere else), I use Fedora, in fact, I do most of my email, "Office" > > work, and presentations using Linux. I've found Microsoft support to be > > expensive and antagonistic to customers. A recent experience bears this > > out. > > > > I have an issue working for a friend now where MS support is needed. My > > friend entered "DLL Purgatory" because of a defect in a version of > > MSVCRT.DLL, used by just about everything on the system. The Knowledge > > Base article which discloses the defect announces a hotfix for the > > problem. But to get the hotfix, one must place a toll call to Microsoft > > and pay the charge for a service call to obtain the fix. > > > > The Microsoft technician has the discretion to decide whether to charge > > you Microsoft's fee for the consultation, but in any event, you pay for > > the phone call. So no matter what you do, it will cost you money if > > you want your system to work. My friend didn't do anything except > > install Service Pack 2, and her system went south. Now her system is > > degraded and it will cost her to recover it. > > > > For those who are unhappy with the support one gets from the Linux > > community for free, I must ask: Is this kind of support worth paying > > for? I am grateful for the support of this community. You all do great > > things. > > > > Erik > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >
